I don't understand why anyone is surprised. They're uneducated.
this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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It's not that they don't listen. It's that their brains aren't built to think critically about anything. They are built to obey, but they're also narcissists.
That's why conservatives go wild for Trump. From the conservative's point of view, Trump lets them FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OBEYING by doing whatever they want.
He doesn't just give them permission or cover to be awful; Trump makes these people feel like they're helping him when they do shitty and selfish things.
(This is also why they love cops who hurt people and soldiers who commit war crimes. They get to vicariously OBEY while also BREAKING THE RULES TO FEEL GOOD. Best of both worlds to them, like taking an upper and a downer at the same time.)
I guess that makes conservatism a social speedball.
Conservatives famously have the media literacy of a tree stump.
What the hell did they think he wasn't gonna take anymore? Minorities? Wokeness?
Safe and equal America.
The IRS and the Department of Education.
Self determination of other nations.
Watching a transphobic bigot unknowingly rocking out to "Lola" by The Kinks... chef's kiss
Is that about a trans woman??
no, just a transvestite.
It seems that a lot of right-wingers simply have no concept of any form of artistic expression...
In 2022, Snider tweeted about the use of the song by right-wing activists, "ATTENTION QANON, MAGAT FASCISTS: Every time you sing 'We're Not Gonna Take It' remember it was written by a cross-dressing, libtard, tree hugging half-Jew who HATES everything you stand for. It was you and people like you that inspired every angry word of that song! SO FUCK OFF!
All the cool people of history are woke.
In November 2023, after the October 7 attacks, Snider was asked if he agreed with Israel soldiers using "We're Not Gonna Take It" as a battle cry. He replied, "Oh, hell yeah. You know what? Israelis, the assault on the Israelis, people are losing sight of something. People saying that, 'Oh, the response is gonna be too intense for what happened.' Well, you don't get to decide on the response when you do heinous things to civilians. You don't get to say, 'Oh, that's enough, that's enough retaliation.' No, it doesn't work like that. When you cross that line, you're burning people, you're slaughtering people, you're raping people, you're just killing people, after what happened at that festival you don't get to say, 'Okay, your revenge can be this much.' No. Payback's a mothereffer. And I come from that school. You cross that line, you know... shit's gonna happen. Sing it out, boys."
Everyone's problematic
Playing devils advocate for Snider, November 2023 was right after October 7th and I don't think there were nearly as many people pointing out and shouting about the ethnic cleansing Israel was using the attack as an excuse to partake in until we got into 2024.
Indeed.
I know "Well, you don’t get to decide on the response" certainly aged like milk, but I think folks in 2023 could be forgiven to be thinking "IDF is going to strike Hamas and Hamas brought them on themselves" as the wanton collateral harm largely wasn't on folks radar at the time. Some folks with more nuanced understandings sounded alarms and were dismissed, but having to respond to that situation mere weeks after October 7th... That's going to be a tough scenario for most people to come out looking ok.
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This just in, the drag performer who sang the words:
We've got the right to choose and
there ain't no way we'll lose it
This is our life, this is our song
We'll fight the powers that be just
don't pick our destiny cause
You don't know us, you don't belong
has disavowed conservative values!
Fuckin luv it how dumb they are, rebelling against suit and tie dad/guy great actor BTW what ever happened too... Anyway I'm goin to be a roudy drunk socialist and let these fucks start shit can't wait mma ain't got shit on me
Dee is a national treasure.
Have y'all seen the music video of this song. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI
Opposite of conservative.
I mean. All the band members are wearing makeup and big hair.
Yeah, conservatives just want big breast plates
It boils down to they're in the closet and in denial Ps don't believe me, ask anyone of them if they'd sleep with any girls 'twisted sister in video' or poison in their heyday
I sometimes go back and watch Dee clown on Al Gore for a cheap laugh.
Soooo drag is based and conservative now? Is sucking dick and taking in the ass too? Its actually so fucking funny seeing conservatives explain to me that me getting pegged by my grirlfriend is actually more gay than a man fucking another man in the ass. I swear these people are so lost that its hard to imagine. Its all just thinly veiled racism and self esteem issues.
Ah yes, conservatives. The same guys that have no idea what machine is being raged against.
Inability to understand and interpret parody and satire is a conservative trait which transcends cultural boundaries in my experience.
This was always my favorite. Seeing conservatives say things like, “I loved you guys growing up! Why did you change?” And it’s like, they’ve been pretty consistent their entire career silly guy
They thought they were raging against just the school principal or the fax machine.
It's group identity shift conflicting with memory, I think. Group identity did allow agreeing with "you guys" 20 years ago, but now it doesn't. It's hard to choose in favor of things you liked and against your group.
I'm from a completely different country and all, but 20 years ago my sister had a friend from such a family that she mostly was interested in Christian versions of all the same art, Christian fantasy, Christian rock, it's strange. At the same time Harry Potter was allowed, and, eh, USSR nostalgia too. Now the former wouldn't be, I think, and the latter has turned into something almost national-socialist, nothing cool there, in such groups. (OK, this might seem more contrast than it really is, honestly for such people USSR nostalgia even then had such traits, even a bit before I was born probably.)
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Who are these people? They don’t read the bills they sign, no rudimentary understanding of music, and they talk about it as such like it’s normal.
Probably the same idiots that believe rage against the machine went woke at some point in their career.
They're the salt of the earth, you know, morons
The answer is they don't care. Facts are a plaything for conservatives.
What matters to them is power - and for that you don't need to be right, you just need to be convincing. That's why they engage so much in misinformation, blatant ragebait, etc..
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daily reminder when the nazis say this kind of shit they're not being stupid they are intentionally lying to confuse and recruit.
Often, it's both.
The first five words are literally "We've got the right to choose". I mean, c'mon people. Show a little effort.
The right to choose to control everyone else, obviously!
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